DAVID CAMERON’S massive climbdown that Britain would accept “thousands” more refugees received a cautious welcome in some quarters yesterday while others claimed it did not go far enough.

Mr Cameron was forced into a U-turn over the refugee crisis under growing public pressure and claimed that Britain would take “thousands more” refugees from camps on the borders of war-torn Syria.

A spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency suggested Britain would take 4,000 more refugees from Syria — although Downing Street refused to confirm or deny the figure.